News U.S.A.: “WINE WITHOUT FOOD”. 6 OUT OF 10 REGULAR CONSUMERS DRINK WINE BETWEEN MEALS, EITHER WHILE MAKING DINNER OR WITH A SNACK AND MOST ARE WOMEN AND YOUNG ADULTS, REVEALS A SURVEY BY THE SPECIALIZED AGENCY, “WINE OPINIONS” 28 March 2011
News “WINE, A KEY ELEMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET, HAS IMPORTANT BENEFITS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, AND NOW WE HAVE THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS TO SAY SO, LOUIS IGNARRO THE 1998 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR MEDICINE, TOLD WINENEWS 28 March 2011
News SAVERIO ROMANO IS THE NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE. THE LEADER OF THE “RESPONSIBLE GROUP” WAS SWORN IN AT THE QUIRINALE, AND REPLACES GALAN WHO IS NOW MINISTER OF CULTURE. THIS IS THE THIRD MINISTER IN THE DEPARTMENT IN VIA XX SETTEMBRE IN 2 YEARS 25 March 2011
News PARMALAT: THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVED THE “ANTI-OPA” DECREE, WHICH POSTPONES MEETINGS TO RENEW OFFICERS TO END JUNE. WILL THIS CONVINCE FERRERO OR ANOTHER FIRM TO FIGHT LACTALIS THAT NOW OWNS 29% OF THE GROUP? 24 March 2011
News THE 2010 WINEMAKERS REPORT – THE EXPORT CRISIS IS OVER FOR ITALIAN WINES, BUT DOMESTIC SALES ARE STILL WEAK. DROPS IN VINEYARD AREAS, PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND BOTTLERS. THERE ARE NOW 386 DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN WINES 24 March 2011
News ET VOILA’... CHAMPAGNE EXPORTS SOAR: +19.5% IN 2010. FRANCE IS THRILLED BECAUSE AFTER TWO YEARS OF DECLINE THE “BUBBLES” ARE TOP SELLERS ON WORLD MARKETS: USA + 34% AND UK +16%. NEW NON-EU MARKETS +87.6% 23 March 2011
News WINENEWS SURVEY- DO WHITE WINES REALLY “BEAT” REDS IN CONSUMER PREFERENCE? THE PRODUCERS IN WHITE WINE TERRITORIES (COLLIO, SOAVE, VERDICCHIO, SICILY AND CAMPANIA WHITES) SAY NO 22 March 2011
News THE 2010 WINEMAKERS REPORT – THE EXPORT CRISIS IS OVER FOR ITALIAN WINES, BUT DOMESTIC SALES ARE STILL WEAK. DROPS IN VINEYARD AREAS, PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND BOTTLERS. THERE ARE NOW 386 DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN WINES 22 March 2011
News “2015: A VINEYARD ODYSSEY “. THE LIBERALIZATION OF VINEYARD PLANTING RIGHTS HAS A “BITTER TASTE” FOR ITALIAN WINES. FRANCE AND GERMANY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN A POSITION AGAINST “DEREGULATION”. ITALY HAS NOT SPOKEN. BUT THE IMPACT COULD BE DEVASTATING 21 March 2011
News THEY DON’T DRINK A LOT BUT A LOT OF THEM DRINK: THE U.S.A. IS THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IN WINE CONSUMPTION. IN 2010 THE STATES TOASTED WITH 329 MILLION 12 BOTTLE CASES OF WINE. THE “GOMBERG-FREDRIKSON” REPORT REVEALS THE NUMBERS 16 March 2011
News MADE IN ITALY: A LIST OF TRUE ITALIAN RESTAURANTS ABROAD ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL POLICIES TO COMBAT “FAKE FOOD ”. QUALITY ITALIAN RESTAURANTS ABROAD ARE THE BEST PROMOTION FOR MADE IN ITALY FOOD IN THE WORLD 15 March 2011
News VINITALY 2011 - WINES PRODUCED ON PROPERTY CONFISCATED FROM THE MAFIA. “THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HOW THESE PROPERTIES CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE”, SAID, DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE, NICOLA IZZO 08 March 2011
News OBAMA’S BEER! THE FIRST LADY MICHELLE GROWS VEGETABLES IN THE WHITE HOUSE GARDEN. NOW HOME MADE BEER, “WHITE HOUSE HONEY ALE”, FLAVORED WITH HONEY PRODUCED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL BEES 08 March 2011
News CRISIS DISTILLATION COMES TO THE WINE WORLD... THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANCARLO GALAN: PIEDMONT, CALABRIA, LAZIO, SARDINIA USE IT EVEN FOR DOC WINES AND MARCHE AND PUGLIA, ONLY FOR ORDINARY WINES 03 March 2011
News “DECANTER” HAS ELECTED GIACOMO TACHIS “MAN OF THE YEAR 2011”. THE “FATHER OF ITALIAN WINE” AND ONE OF THE TOP ITALIAN ENOLOGISTS, IS THE THIRD ITALIAN (AFTER PIERO ANTINORI AND ANGELO GAJA) TO RECEIVE THE AWARD FROM THE TOP BRITISH MAGAZINE 02 March 2011
News WANT TO DRINK A GLASS OF WINE FROM ANCIENT EGYPT? TODAY YOU CAN. WINES PRODUCED IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE MADE USING ANCIENT METHODS AND AGE-OLD GRAPE VINES. ANCIENT WINES ARE NOT FULL-BODIED AND HAVE MINERAL AND EARTHY TONES... 25 February 2011
News “PREVIEW” OF VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO: 2008 WAS A GOOD HARVEST BUT THE 2007 RESERVE SEEMS TO HAVE A PLUS, SAYS WINENEWS (FRANCO PALLINI & ANTONIO BOCO) OF THE SAMPLE WINE TASTING 22 February 2011
News FEDERALISM ON THE TABLE: NOT ITALIAN CUISINE, RATHER, THE MANY ITALIAN CUISINES. A HERITAGE OF FOOD AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT THE PENINSULA HAS FORMED OUR CULTURE, SAYS PROFESSOR MASSIMO MONTANARI, EXPERT ON THE HISTORY OF FOOD 21 February 2011
News CHIANTI CLASSICO, NO DOUBTS THAT THE PRODUCTION TERRITORY IS OUTSTANDING. THE TASTE TEST OF VINTAGE 2009 AND 2008 RESERVE CONFIRMED THE CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE OF GALLO NERO 18 February 2011
News WINE & THE FAR EAST: SOME INVEST IN “DO-IT-YOURSELF”, SOME BUY PREMIUM VINEYARDS. THAILAND IMPORTS INTERNATIONAL “KNOW HOW” TO PRODUCE QUALITY WINES AND CHINA BUYS NOT JUST BOTTLES, BUT ENTIRE WINERIES 14 February 2011
News 2010 REVENUES GRATIFYING FOR CHIANTI CLASSICO: SALES UP 21% AND “GALLO NERO” SENDS ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FOR 2011. CHIANTI CLASSICO EXPORT MARKETS REMAIN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND GERMANY 10 February 2011
News “BIONDI SANTI” ARE US ... THE “BIONDI SANTI” WINES ARE PRODUCED ONLY BY THE HISTORIC MONTALCINO FAMILY, TODAY REPRESENTED BY FRANCO AND JACOPO BIONDI SANTI AND THEIR ESTATE “GREPPO - BIONDI SANTI” 09 February 2011
News WHERE DO LOWEST PRICE AUCTIONS MEET THE WINE WORLD? IN ENGLAND, THE HOME OF GAMBLERS. 5 POUNDS AND A LOT OF LUCK CAN BUY YOU A BOTTLE OF DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI – LA TACHE 2004, WORTH 900 POUNDS 09 February 2011
News RUFFINO: 100% BRAND OWNERSHIP GOING TO CONSTELLATION BRANDS (ALREADY AT 49.9%)? THE FOLONARI FAMILY, MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER, UTILIZED THE “PUT OPTION” TO “TRANSFER” THE OWNERSHIP OF THE BRAND TO THE AMERICANS, BUT IS REQUESTING ARBITRATION 08 February 2011
News WINE CONSUMPTION IS DOWN IN PRODUCING COUNTRIES - SPAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY, BECAUSE THE CRISIS AND ANTI-ALCOHOL LAWS TURN AWAY CONSUMERS, SAY OTTAVIO CAGIANO, MANAGER OF FEDERVINI AND THE WINE JOURNALIST, ANDREA GABBRIELLI 07 February 2011
News EU TO ITALY: “ITALIAN ORIGIN LABELING LAW IS NOT APPROPRIATE” AND REQUESTS POSTPONING IT UNTIL A EU REGULATION IS ADOPTED. GALAN: “WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE EU ON LABELING” 04 February 2011
News THE FINE WINES AUCTION SEASON STARTED IN HONG KONG WITH A BANG... RECORD SALES OF 34.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY. THE HIGHEST PRICED LOT? 8 BOTTLES OF 1985 HENRI JAYER RICHEBOURG AT 100 THOUSAND 103 DOLLARS… 02 February 2011
News RESTAURANTS ARE BACK TO BASICS FROM PRODUCTION TO SERVICE, EVEN FOR THE MORE ENTERPRISING CHEFS: “LUXURY OF SIMPLICITY” WILL BE THE THEME OF “IDENTITA’ GOLOSE 2011” TO BE HELD IN MILAN, JANUARY 30 TO FEBRUARY 1ST 28 January 2011
News WANT AN “INTOXICATING” WEDDING? THE NOVEL IDEA FROM WINE TOURISM AND AIS- ITALIAN SOMMELIER ASSOCIATION: “MATRIMONIO DI VINO” FROM GIFT LIST TO CEREMONY IN THE WINE CELLAR TO HONEYMOON IN THE LAND OF WINE 26 January 2011
News ORIGIN LABELING IS LAW: UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE HOUSE. COLDIRETTI: 5 BILLION EUROS LOST WITHOUT IT. CIA: RECOUPING 13 MILLION EUROS A DAY AND PROTECTING CONSUMERS. CONFAGRICOLTURA AND FEDERCONSUMATORI: NOW WE NEED DECREES AND THE EU OPINION 24 January 2011
News THE FINE WINES OF BORDEAUX? THEY EARNED MORE THAN GOLD, OIL AND STOCKS, SAYS LIV-EX, WHICH MONITORED THE 2010 INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF FINE WINES. 5 ITALIAN WINES ON THE LIST: SASSICAIA, MASSETO, ORNELLAIA, GAJA, SOLAIA (ANTINORI) 18 January 2011
News AN ITALIAN PROFESSOR, ATTILIO SCIENZA, WILL BE ONE OF THE “GUIDES” IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES “JOURNEY IN THE ITALY OF WINES” BY ANTONIO GALLONI, HEAD OF ITALIAN WINES IN ROBERT PARKER’S MAGAZINE “WINE ADVOCATE” 13 January 2011
News FOOD EDUCATION: A NECESSITY, NOT A LUXURY. FROM MICHELLE OBAMA IN AMERICA TO “LE FIGARO” IN FRANCE, EVERYONE IS FIGHTING OBESITY, STARTING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY “ALLIANZ”, KIDS WILL LIVE LONGER AND BE SMARTER BUT FATTER, TOO 10 January 2011
News “FINE WINES” TOPS EVEN IN 2011 AND ASIA IS THE FRONT RUNNER. FRENCH WINES (ESPECIALLY BORDEAUX) ARE LEADERS. THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST IN ITALIAN WINES, THANKS TO ITALIAN CUISINE 06 January 2011
News WIKILEAKS DID NOT SPARE THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD: THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPER “THE GUARDIAN” REVEALS U.S.A. PLOTS TO IMPOSE GMO IN EUROPE 05 January 2011
News THE MICHELIN “3 STARS” CHRISTMAS MENU - LUISA VALAZZA (AL SORRISO), NADIA SANTINI (DAL PESCATORE), MASSIMILIANO ALAJMO (LE CALANDRE), ANNIE FEOLDE (PINCHIORRI), ENRICO CEREA (DA VITTORIO) E HEINZ BECK (LA PERGOLA) REVEAL THEIR SPECIALTIES TO WINENEWS 04 January 2011
News AUCTIONS AND WINE: RECESSION? NOT FOR FINE WINES - CHRISTIE’S SOARED TO 71 MILLION DOLLARS. RIVAL SOTHEBY DID VERY WELL, TOO. BOURGOGNE AND BORDEAUX TOP BOTTLES 23 December 2010
News THE ITALIAN WINE & FOOD INSTITUTE HAS NO DOUBTS THAT MORE AND MORE AMERICANS DRINK ITALIAN: MADE IN ITALY WINES RECORDED A HIGH INCREASE IN 2010 (+7%) AND ARE THE MOST IMPORTED TO THE STATES. EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF SPARKLING WINES 21 December 2010
News MADE IN ITALY IN MANHATTAN: IN MAY 2011, JUST A FEW METERS FROM “EATALY”, ZONIN WILL OPEN THEIR “FLAGSHIP STORE” - “GUSTAVO” - WHICH IN TWO YEARS HAS ALREADY WON OVER TOKYO AND BY END 2011 WILL BE IN LONDON 21 December 2010
News A DOCTOR’S CERTIFICATE TO INDICATE THE LEVEL OF WINE CONSUMPTION TOLERANCE: COLDIRETTI LAUNCHED THE IDEA AND DOCTORS HAVE “ENDORSED” IT 20 December 2010
